Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

It’s not often that you read a piece that specifically advises against a website.  Tara Calishain does just that with her post on ResearchBuzz about a sketchy filter-crazed kids search engine called Zoo.com (from InfoSpace).  Her complaints are lengthy and valid (consult her original post for the full deal), but her major issues are that the results are heavily laden with advertising and even though the engine claims to be kid-friendly with automatic filters, it only filters for sexual content.  I agree with Tara–a big nix to Zoo.